Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof ends up on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Most of our Carlsbad customers book this in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaf load has built up enough to show on the glass and in the downspouts.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
The direct answer is this: we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs change the work most, so a third story or a roof we cannot walk gets quoted higher. Window count matters too, along with oversized picture windows, which take more time per pane and sometimes a boom or scissor lift to reach the upper glass. Window cleaning services for the interior and exterior glass are two different jobs, and this page covers the exterior only.
On the day, the crew looks at what has built up. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer than a light run. A house on regular cleanings usually needs less time on its gutters than one left for years, and the quote reflects that. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem; no cleaning removes it, and the crew will tell you so rather than charge for work that will not fix it. Light grime on the glass is included in the quote, and heavy buildup is flagged before the crew starts. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What we can say about the experience of our crew is this: on our Carlsbad jobs the quote is usually set by how many stories the house has and how many windows face the street, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text gets us most of the way there before the truck leaves the yard. Send us the number of stories and a rough count for your window washing, and we will give you the exact figure over the phone. Ask for a written estimate on our washing services if you want it before booking, and we will send one the same day.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Plan on two visits a year: the spring visit in mid to late June, and the fall visit from December to early January. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so one storm can push runoff over clogged gutters and into the wall below, and that is where water damage starts. Carlsbad gets about 13.5 inches of rain a year, most of it in January, February and December. In the spring the pollen settles as a yellow film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters, and in the fall the leaf load turns into a wet mat that clogs the downspouts before the winter rain arrives.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Multi-story buildings and tall houses collect a film of dust from a nearby road or construction site that builds faster than the seasons do, and the same dust lands on residential and commercial glass alike. The crew uses cleaning solutions only on the glass that needs them and rinses the rest with purified water. On those houses the crew books a third visit without being asked, and we say so when we give you the quote.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when runoff sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down the downspouts. Both are signs to book, and both are easier to fix before the rain season than during it.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
Our crew has cleaned gutters and windows on residential properties across Carlsbad, and we book the work by phone or text. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a slot and a window of arrival. Our lead time changes with the season, so ask when you call what the next open date looks like. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and the fall, when the leaf loads are heaviest, so booking early in those months keeps your schedule open.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we call again when we are on the way. For a residential window job on a two-story house, the visit runs about a morning, and we will tell you the start window when you book so you can plan around it. Our cleaning services cover the outside of every window on the house, and the crew uses a water-fed pole to remove dirt from every pane before we leave.
We also keep a repeat slot for returning customers. Once a yearly schedule service is set, we hold the same date each year and call to confirm it. That keeps the outside of the house in good shape and protects the curb appeal you have already paid for. If you have a question about the schedule, call us and we will answer it directly.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both in one visit. We work the gutters first and the glass last, so the debris from the roof does not land on clean windows.
We do not quote a figure on the page, because the number depends on the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number on the phone.
On our Carlsbad jobs the outside carries the rain dust, the sprinkler spots and the grime from the street, which the glass inside never sees. Cleaning only the windows inside leaves the outside hazy when the sun is low.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall, when the leaf load has built up. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs from December to early January.
No, we clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last. When the gutters are cleared first, the debris is gone before anyone touches the windows, so nothing runs down onto clean panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, and we do not bill them as extras. If a screen is damaged we will tell you and leave it as it is.
No, this visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit. If you own condos, check with the HOA first, because the outside of the building is usually shared.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
